Indigo Domotics

Hey guys,

I was wondering if there is any way to integrate an AppleTV 4th gen and a PS4 in indigo?

thanks

pm

What do you want to accomplish? If it’s just control then probably the easiest option would be a Logitech Harmony Hub. AFAIK there’s no way of reading current states from the AppleTV or PS4 (unless it’s a jailbroken AppleTV 2).

Actually, now there is a way for Apple TV:
https://github.com/jeanregisser/mediaremotetv-protocol

davinci wrote:

Actually, now there is a way for Apple TV:
https://github.com/jeanregisser/mediaremotetv-protocol

Awesome! Who wants to write a plugin?

That would be nice.

I found an "easier" library to directly access Apple TV. Looks promising. Not sure if it is required to install the python libraries or if they can be integrated.

https://github.com/postlund/pyatv

davinci wrote:

That would be nice.

I found an "easier" library to directly access Apple TV. Looks promising. Not sure if it is required to install the python libraries or if they can be integrated.

https://github.com/postlund/pyatv

Requires Python 3, so while you might be able to get it to work in a round about way, it won't likely be a generic plugin integration.

Thanks for the clarification.

Is it possible to use a Python script inside of Indigo (external script)?

I have to find a way to install it on Mac, because the guide only covers Linux.

You're gonna want to be VERY careful. 3rd party Python installers will often screw up Python paths that cause the built-in Python 2.7 (and therefore Indigo's Python integration) to break.

Yes I am aware of this. Is it possible to use those libraries without actually installing? Kind of like sandboxing. I know it works for individual python files but I'm not sure about this.

It might be overkill for my use case since I only need the GUID and I can wake up Apple TV anyway. The script can also read the GUID.

I can't get it to run. I was testing in a virtual machine but it can't find the Apple TV.

Any ideas how to get the GUID without setting up a real linux?

I found a post on the net that indicated that you should use the ATV's serial number as the GUID (which you can get in the About screen). Give that a try.